Misc Originals – Alice Whaley - Miles (Guitar)

     F
I’m five thousand eight hundred and seventeen

C
miles away from home

C
But it doesn’t matter what I do

                F
I’ll never be alone

Bb               F
Why is that, you ask me?

C                           F
Well I’m glad you asked me that.

                           C                               F
‘Cause I’ve got some good criollos and I’ve got my cowboy hat

Bb       F     C             F
Oh Mama, Papa, I’m not far away

Bb                     F
I’m right here in my homeland

         Bb              C
And it’s where I’m gonna stay

         Bb                F
With my feet both in the stirrups

       C           F
And my hat upon my head

C                                              F
Home is where the heart is, not where I lay my bed

            F
While I sit in my dusty ass bombachas,

C
playing you this song

C                                                             F
think back to all the books I’ve read - they couldn’t be more wrong

Bb                     F
The only thing worth knowing

C                       F
I’ll tell you now, it’s this

                     C                               F
Life happens in the country, and life’s too good to miss

Bb       F     C             F
Oh Mama, Papa, I’m not far away

Bb                     F
I’m right here in my homeland

          Bb              C
And it’s where I’m gonna stay

Bb                         F
With my feet both in the stirrups

       C            F
And my hat upon my head

C                                              F
Home is where the heart is, not where I lay my bed

        F
Oh I’m miles away I’m miles away,

               C
 but there’s beer and boy there’s meat

C                                         F
I’ve been drinking maté, alpargatas on my feet

    Bb               F
And when I’m in the saddle,

C                   F
The world is all as one

    C                                       F
My journey isn’t over no, it’s only just begun

Bb        F     C            F
Oh Mama, Papa, I’m not far away

Bb                    F
I’m right here in my homeland

          Bb              C
And it’s where I’m gonna stay

        Bb                 F
With my feet both in the stirrups

        C           F
And my hat upon my head

C                                              F
Home is where the heart is, not where I lay my bed